It describes with illustrative pairs of words from English and Tamil the linguistic processes and phonetic features - that include speech sounds peculiar to the two languages, sound shifts, vowel variations, addition of merely euphonic syllables in the Tamil forms, intrusive speech sounds, metathesis, etc. - that have now made the corresponding words in either of the languages unintelligible to the speakers of the other. These features have developed independently in the two languages and now mask the similarity of the corresponding words.

A proper perspective of the sound shifts and other differentiating features help us identify the speech sounds in one language that are representative of those in the other and unfolds a world of words before us. No word is distorted beyond recognition. Mutual identity of the corresponding cognate words is only too obvious.

The basic phonetic structure and meaning of hundreds of words in a wide range of aspects of daily life are found to be essentially the same in the two languages. The striking similarity of the corresponding words bear witness to the fact that the forefathers of these two races spoke the same language and lived together before they eventually separated from each other and migrated towards their present homelands at diametrically opposite extremes of the Eurasian land mass.

As the reader goes through the first few chapters he gets used to the Tamil words transcribed in easy to understand phonetic symbols.

The corresponding words from the two languages are grouped under such headings as

   
• Words denoting the parts of the human body,    
• Words related to various modes of walking and some other ways of moving around,    
• Words related to places of dwelling,    
• Words related to preparation and consumption of food,    
• Words employed in cultivation,    
• Words related to parts of plants and trees,    
• Words employed in woodwork,    
• Words associated with life on seashore, and    
• Words denoting objects of natural environment

The association of the words in each natural group brings alive the very kind of life the forefathers of the English and the Tamils might have led together in their common homeland.

The mystery of the origins of the indigenous portion of the English vocabulary, which has remained unexplained so far, is solved. The discovery of the affinity between English and Tamil opens up a window through which it may be possible to have a look at the history of the Anglo-Saxon tribes prior to their arrival on the North Sea coast of Europe.

The path-breaking finding of the extra-European affinity of English would ultimately lead to a redefinition of the Germanic and Dravidian families of languages. The book Key Words of a Kinship is of fundamental value in comparative linguistics and ethnological studies as it introduces one to an entirely new advance in the understanding of the major language families of the world.

Well organized and written in a simple language Key Words of a Kinship is a must read for any one who wants to remain updated about the latest advances in the ever expanding field of humanities.

Language is practical, language is pleasure (or pain), and language is power can adequately describe the three parts of PURPOSEFUL EXPRESSION.

The way you use your language can define your personality and determine your achievements in every aspect of life. This book gives easy-to-understand guidance for understanding and effective language use for success.

The understanding and purposeful, effective use of language is for everyone, whether in the classroom, at work, or in social circles. This text gives easy to understand explanations, aided by graphics, of the sentence, paragraph, and composition design. It also provides step-by-step guidance in summary, report, letter, and story writing, argument presentation, and how to use persuasive techniques and the power of persuasion to achieve desired outcomes in pursuit of your goals.

Exercises are provided throughout the text to review required knowledge and skills, and to develop new ones. Also, a reference section gives explanations for questions of usage, words often confused, spelling, and punctuation, as an aid for better language use.

is a unique addition to the range of dictionaries and thesauri available today.

It contains the less common equivalents or the related adjectives, group names, -ologies, -pathies, phobias, prefixes or suffixes of more than 4,000 basic English words and expressions.

In passing, it provides an introduction to the classical etymology of the language for readers who don't have a detailed knowledge of Latin and Greek.

The Wordsmith is formatted to appeal to the casual browser. But it is also a serious work of reference that will find a place in libraries and newspaper offices, and on the shelves of writers, teachers, students, crossword solvers, and all lovers of words.

Introduction

The Editing Book is for college and university students of first year English, teachers of high school English or English as a second language, and writers who

need clear direction for improving written work;

request explicit methods for producing the essay, poetry and prose analysis, report, and job résumé;

desire a grammatical explanation of basic sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and usage; and

appreciate the support of an Answer Key.

Students arrive at college and university with gaps in both their understanding of English language and their ability to write in various genres.

Teachers of English or English as a second language require a common vocabulary for evaluating written work and a focus for language study.

Writers need a concise, practical guide to forceful writing.

The Editing Book supplies answers for all these groups.

Both of Edo Nyland's theses are in contradiction to current opinions of linguists, who tend to suppose polygenesis of language families and language changes caused by natural evolution.

Unbelievable? Edo Nyland gives many convincing proofs in this book:

• There are hundreds of examples of words, taken from different languages, being decoded by the same method, revealing their hidden meaning.
• The decoding method is successfully applied to the translation of the forgotten language OGAM, the remains of which are found on standing stones of Ireland, Scotland and North America.
• Other currently available translations of Linear-B Text on Cretan clay tablets, supposed to be written in ancient Greek, and of the enigmatic book AURAICEPT of the Benedictine monks, supposed to written in Celtic language, have been considerably improved by the same decoding method.

Edo Nyland's, web site, where he presents the contents of this book, has been selected as a featured site in Lightspan's StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the Web.

The book can be read easily by interested laymen. Scholars of linguistics, stone-age and medieval history, religion and anthropology might use this book for a critical revision of their current paradigms.

The book is highly controversial. If it were fiction it would outsell The Da Vinci Code. It is written in a popular style and is readily understandable by anyone of any nationality with sufficient general education to make his or her way in the modern world. The only jargon is explained as the ideas are developed, for instance "Lithic", the Stone Age language roots the author claims to have discovered concealed like flies in amber in the lexicon of language today, and "psychosemantic trees" showing the descent of meanings from the original Stone Age elements of speaking, traced backwards in a manner similar to triangulation in survey. Hominids spoke, six hundred thousands years ago; and had tamed fire by then and had hearths at the mouths of their caves long before ash traces have been found. Meanings were originally attributed to single phonemes (roughly letters) as our bare bottomed forebears learned to pronounce them. Words were compiled as strings of them. Freud's psychological output can now be seen to be fanciful. But the sexual patterning of our earliest perceptions can still be traced underlying the wording of languages around the world today, probably all of them.

www.ontheoriginsofspeaking.com.

1) Education, which is wide-ranging and varied according to religion and place, is not yet unified.
2) The over load we thought good to place on each individual and which I call "Brain-washing" is infinitely more traumatic than the overload we are subject to during times of war. Look at us today!

Excellent intentions are at the heart of instilling "good" and "evil." as if it were not up to each human being to differentiate between positive and negative. Each of us has been told what to do. We have been prevented from having the freedom to think, act, and make mistakes, and find them out.

Things and words are simple but they have been complicated as much as possible. Why? Because nothing within us is clear. The education of children has always been based on morality and religion, which no longer means anything since no one believes in them. Everything was based on establised values, whereas life is essentially movement....

I would like to stress the impossibility of education through morality, religion, or any coercive force.

The defiance which we are witnessing today is of an extreme logic.

We must stop being the compliant followers and victims of a bankrupt society and start becoming accountable for our destiny, each of us in our own way.

I hope this book will give you an essential outline for following YOUR own path, which belongs to no one else.

When we have found the right way of communicating with others and with ourselves (which means communicating with God, this invincible force within us), we will have made a major step towards truth, towards happiness, and towards light.

THINK, FIND, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED.

Ce que j'ai voulu soulinger dans ces écrits, ce sont deux él&eactue;ments essentiels qui nous ont menés à la confusion des mots:

1) l'éducation que est très vaste et diversifiée suivant les religions et les pays, demeure hétérogène;
2) cette surcharge que l'on a cru bon de mettre sur chaque individu et que j'appelle "Lavage de cerveau" est infiniment plus traumatisant que celui donné au cours des guerres. Regardons ce que nous sommes aujourd'hui!

C'est à travers d'excellentes intentions que l'on a voulu inculquer le "bien" et le "mal," comme si ce n'éait pas á chaque humain de distinguer le positif du négatif. On a dit ce qu'il fallait faire à chacun de nous et on a empêché la liberté de penser, d'agir, de se tromper et de trouver.

Les choses et les mots sont simples et on les a compliqué à souhait. Pourquoi? Parce que rien à l'intérieur de nous n'était clair. L'éducation des enfants a toujours été basé sur la morale ou la religion, ce qui ne veut plus rien dire aujourd'hui car plus personne n'y croit. Tout existait sur des valeurs établies alors que la vie c'est essentiellement le mouvement...

J'aimerais souligner l'impossibilité d'éduquer par la morale, la religion ou une force de l'ordre quelconque.

Ces rebellions auxquelles nous assistons aujourd'hui sont d'une extrême logique.

Cessons d'être ces fidèles exécutants, victimes d'une société qui est en faillite et soyons responsables de notre destin chacun à notre manière.

J'espère que ce livre vous donnera une ligne capitale pour suivre VOTRE chemin qui n'est celui de personne d'autre.

Lorsque l'on aura découvert la bonne manière de communiquer aussi bien avec les autres qu'avec soi-mêm, (synonyme de communication avec Dieu cette force invincible à l'interieur de chacun de nous), on aura alors avancé considérablement vers la vérité, vers le bonheur et vers la lumière.

PENSEZ, TROUVEZ, ET VOUS RÉUSSIREZ.

Self-publishing has been in existence for a long time and many famous authors started off through self-publishing. However, many people tend to misinterpret the term self-publishing and some even confuse it with vanity publishing, which is totally different. As writers find it more and more difficult to get their book published the conventional way, this book hopes to highlight to all these aspiring authors that there are alternative solutions, one of which is to be his or her own publisher.

The information in this book is based on collection of various people's opinion about self-publishing and how it might affect the publishing industry in general. For those of you who are considering the option to self-publish, this book will provide a good background understanding of the self-publishing activities, why writers self-publish and how it differs from vanity publishing. This book also talks briefly about Internet publishing, which is now gaining considerable popularity among self-publishers. It also provides a brief guide on getting started. As for those who have not decided or even never heard of this option, well, this is the book to help you make the decision as to whether self-publishing is a viable option for you. There are also some case studies included in the book.

Lastly but not least, this book hopes to enlighten the public on the self-publishing concept, and thus avoiding any further misinformation or misinterpretation of the industry. This book is a must for all aspiring authors, writers, publishers, booksellers, and anybody with interest in the publishing industry, directly or indirectly.

The book is published from a dissertation written as part fulfillment for M.Phil in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.